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When ascetic practices backfire psychologically

I've been celibate for two years thinking it would enhance my spiritual practice but I'm just angry and distracted all the time now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-intentioned renunciation has created internal conflict rather than spiritual clarity, questioning whether denial of natural impulses serves authentic growth.

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